learning outcomes: Research and Dissertation writing Workshop

Hello readers....

We have a paper on the Dissertation writing and research writing.  So regarding for that our professor Dr. Dilip Sir arranged one workshop on that topic.

On 4 January we have a workshop and resources person was Prof. Dilip sir and Dr. Clement Ndoricimpa. It was an amazing session. We got the solution of our confusion regarding the dissertation writing. Personally  I have so many questions and I got that the answers in that workshop.

Learning outcomes:-

This session help us a lot to understand the actual meaning of the research and Dissertation writing. We think that there is no big deal to research something and make a  research paper. But I got a proper idea that what we shall do in our dissertation writing. How to create a problem related our topic and how to find a gap and how to reached at our own conclusion.When students are told to conduct a research and write a dissertation, they sometimes do not know where to begin, what is involved in research, what steps they must follow, what structure a dissertation must have, what argumentation style they may adopt, etc. Indeed, doing a research and writing may be daunting to students. This may be because of the complexity and the technicality involved in research and in writing a dissertation.

Objective of the this workshop:-

1)understand what is involved in research and the steps that are adopted in research;

2)identify an appropriate research topic;

3)select and define a research problem

4)select appropriate research design and methods

5)organize and write a dissertation

6)understand the style of argumentation

“Research” is an organized, scientific and systematic investigation of truths about a particular subject or about things that no-one else knew (Walliman, 2011).

Research is systematic because it follows certain steps that are logically connected.

In workshop reserch mention five steps about the how conduct the dissertation writing:-

1)understanding the nature of the problem to be studied and identifying the related areas of knowledge;

2)reviewing literature to understand how others have approached or dealt with the problem;

3)collecting data in an organized and controlled manner so as to arrive at valid decision;

4) analysing data appropriate to the problem; 

5)Drawing conclusions and making generalizations.

Above steps are really hopeful to write a dissertation.

I find one difficulty how to define and finding the research problem. It's little bit difficult to move ahead with that difficulties.Research problem refers to some difficulties which a researcher identifies in the context of either a theoretical or a practical situation and wants to find solution or explanation for the difficulties. A research problem is based on a question, curiosity, uncertainty, unresolved controversy in the mind of the research regarding some current issues. The simplest way to formulate a research problem is to ask a question. This might be quite abstract in nature, so will require to be broken down into sub-questions that can be practically investigated.

For better understanding see this example:-

1)Are novelists considered cultural historians?

This question can be broken down into:

1)What constitute cultural historiography? (Investigating the concept of cultural historiography?)

2)What methods of investigating cultural historiography are there? (Exploring different perspectives on cultural historiography- i.e. methods and results from other studies on cultural historiography)

3)What historical message do selected novels conveys? How is this message conveyed? (Investigating the structure and the historical message conveyed in selected novels)

4)How do the structure and the message in selected novels match up with the concepts and the methods of investigating cultural historiography? 

So this type researcher will break down thier questions.

The structure of a dissertation:-

Introduction

Literature review

Research methods/theoretical framework for literary studies.

Interpretation and discussion of the findings

Conclusion.

1)Introduction:-

The purpose of the introduction is to attract the attention of the reader. The introduction tends to follow a particular pattern of organization. 

It comprises three stages: 

1)Report of the object of the study/establish territory. In this stage, the writer describes the topic of the study as important and as requiring investigation.

2)Describing previous studies/establish niche. In this stage, the writer briefly reviews previous studies to identify gaps. In other words, the writer describes the problem to be investigated.

3)Introducing your own study/occupying the niche. In this stage, the writer states the objectives of the study and formulate research questions or hypotheses.

 Literature review:-

The review of previous studies is important. In this stage, the writer critically evaluates previous studies. An example of an evaluative literature review is provided above..

Research methods/theoretical framework for literary studies:-

Research methods state the methods employed in the collection and analysis of the data, while theoretical framework explains the theory within which a literary text is interpreted. 

Interpretation and discussion of the findings:-

Read what was discussed earlier

Conclusion:-

The conclusion discusses key findings, states the implications of the study and raises questions for further research.

So it was all over good session. And yes it's really helpful to us to write a dissertation.

We are grateful to Dr. Dilip Barad sir arranging such a informative session.

Thank you...